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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1 Chapter 13: Lieutenant Mamiya's Long Story: Part II (Pgs. 151-172) | Book 2 Chapter 1: As Concrete as Possible ? Appetite in Literature (Pgs. 175-184) | Book 2 Chapter 2: No Good News in This Chapter (Pgs. 185-195).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Kumiko and Toru Okada been married at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 10 months.

2. Who calls Toru Okada in Chapter 11 immediately before the arrive of Lieutenant Mamiya?
(a) Malta Kano.
(b) May Kasahara.
(c) The mysterious woman.
(d) Kumiko.

3. When Toru Okada is certain Kumiko is gone at the beginning of Book 2, what does he discover she has taken with her?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Their wedding album.
(c) Her check-book.
(d) All her shoes and dresses.

4. What remembrance from the dead Honda does Lieutenant Mamiya give Toru Okada at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) A pair of spectacles.
(b) An empty box.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) A war medal.

5. How does the actress in the Miyawaki house kill herself?
(a) She shoots herself.
(b) She hangs herself.
(c) She takes pills.
(d) She drowns herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Creta Kano's style of dress remind Toru Okada of?

2. In Chapter 8, how does Creta Kano say she eventually managed to pay off her debts?

3. Why has Toru Okada never met Kumiko's sister?

4. In Chapter 13, what memory of Yanamoto's death does in Lieutenant Mamiya say he will never forget?

5. How does Toru Okada rationalize his wife's curtness to him in Chapter 2?

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